Work with Documents That Contain Tables

Overview

Reminder

All Self-Serve Courses are cumulative and in order. Do not start this section if you have not completed the preceding Self Serve Courses or attended training provided by EIR Accessibility.

In this Section

Design a Regular Table

  1. Choose Insert from the ribbon.
  2. Choose Table.
  3. Mouse over to select the desired number of rows and cells.
  4. Click to insert the table.
Dialog to insert a table

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Example of a regular table

Turn Off Automatic Resizing

  1. Right click on the table.
  2. Choose “Table Properties”
  3. Choose “Options”
  4. Uncheck “Automatically resize to fit contents.”
Dialog for turning off auto-resizing

Repeat Header Rows Across Page Breaks

  1. Highlight the top row (header row)
  2. Right click and choose Table Properties.
  3. Click the checkbox to “Repeat as header row across the top of each page.”
Dialog for repeating header rows

Add an Alt-Text

  1. Right click on the table.
  2. Select Table Properties.
  3. Choose Edit Alt Text.
  4. Type the alt-text into the Alt Text pane.
Dialog for adding alt text to a table

Insert a Figure Caption

  1. Right click on the table.
  2. Select “Insert Caption”
  3. Choose the correct label – table.
  4. Type the caption.
Dialog for adding figure captions

Word Course Sections

  1. Course Introduction
  2. Use Styles in Word
  3. Work with Short Word Docs
  4. Work with Long Word Docs
  5. Work with Letterhead
  6. Work with Word Docs That Contain Visuals
  7. Work with Word Docs That Contain Tables
  8. Finalize Word Docs
  9. Practice These Steps for Word Docs